بِخالَةَat Khalah أَوor ماءِthe water of الذُنابَةِal-Dhunabah أَوor سِوىSiwa
بِخالَةَ أَو ماءِ الذُنابَةِ أَو سِوى
مَظِنَّةِthe haunt of كَلبٍKalb أَوor مِياهِthe waters of المَواطِرِal-Mawatir
مَظِنَّةِ كَلبٍ أَو مِياهِ المَواطِرِ
At Khalah, or the water of al-Dhunabah, or Siwa,
the haunt of Kalb, or the waters of al-Mawatir,
تَرىyou see الراغِبينَthe seekers of bounty العاكِفينَthose remaining in attendance بِبابِهِat his door
تَرى الراغِبينَ العاكِفينَ بِبابِهِ
عَلىaround كُلِّevery شيزىshiza-wood bowl أُترِعَتfilled to the brim بِالعُراعِرِwith rich camel meat
عَلى كُلِّ شيزى أُترِعَت بِالعُراعِرِ
you see the seekers of bounty waiting at his door,
around every shiza-wood bowl brimming with rich camel meat.
لَهُhe has بِفَناءِin the courtyard of البَيتِthe house سَوداءُa black cauldron فَخمَةٌmassive
لَهُ بِفَناءِ البَيتِ سَوداءُ فَخمَةٌ
تُلَقَّمُis fed أَوصالَthe joints of الجَزورِthe slaughtered camel العَراعِرِhuge
تُلَقَّمُ أَوصالَ الجَزورِ العَراعِرِ
He has a massive black cauldron in his house's courtyard,
fed with joints from a huge slaughtered camel.
بَقِيَّةُa surviving remnant قِدرٍa cauldron مِنfrom among قُدورٍcauldrons تُوُرِّثَتwere handed down
بَقِيَّةُ قِدرٍ مِن قُدورٍ تُوُرِّثَت
لِآلِto the family of الجُلاحِal-Julah كابِراًone elder بَعدَafter كابِرِanother elder
لِآلِ الجُلاحِ كابِراً بَعدَ كابِرِ
A surviving cauldron, one of those handed down
to the house of al-Julah, elder after elder.
تَظَلُّcontinue all day الإِماءُthe slave-women يَبتَدِرنَrace to reach قَديمَهاthe ancient one among them
تَظَلُّ الإِماءُ يَبتَدِرنَ قَديمَها
كَماjust as اِبتَدَرَتraced for سَعدٌSa'd مِياهَthe waters of قُراقِرِQuraqir
كَما اِبتَدَرَت سَعدٌ مِياهَ قُراقِرِ
All day the slave-women race to reach the ancient cauldron,
as Sa'd raced for the waters of Quraqir.
وَهُمand they ضَرَبواstruck أَنفَthe nose of الفَزارِيِّal-Fazari بَعدَماafter
وَهُم ضَرَبوا أَنفَ الفَزارِيِّ بَعدَما
أَتاهُمhe came to them بِمَعقودٍwith a settled plan مِنَof الأَمرِaction قاهِرِcoercive
أَتاهُم بِمَعقودٍ مِنَ الأَمرِ قاهِرِ
And they struck al-Fazari's nose after
he came to them with a settled, coercive plan of action.
أَتَطمَعُdo you covet فيin واديthe valley of القُرىthe villages وَجِنابِهِand its surrounding lands
أَتَطمَعُ في وادي القُرى وَجِنابِهِ
وَقَدand already مَنَعواthey barred مِنهُfrom it جَميعَall المَعاشِرِthe clans
وَقَد مَنَعوا مِنهُ جَميعَ المَعاشِرِ
Do you covet Wadi al-Qura and its surrounding lands,
when they have already barred every clan from it?
Sol 6.1